Thinking of trying out Ultrasones... bad idea?

[skullguise]

I did find your description eerily similar to mine on my one and only listen to the 780. Absolutely the worst headphone I ever listened to, bar none.

See the Sennheiser 380 thread.....that one wins hands-down for me.

I tried several Ultrasone's, I realy WANTED to like them for some reason. The closest I came was the 2200HLE and RAL-recabled PRO-900. But bottom line is I don't have them anymore, they ultimately didn't do it for me....

BTW, someone earlier in the thread mentioned the GS-1000's. It was a really odd situation, but to me there was a bizarre but quite nice synergy in my system at a time with the GS-1000 highs and my PS Audio GCHA amp. Extended but smooth, natural sounding; some of the best high's I had heard from Grado phones!

Too bad the amp made the bass totally unbalanced and fat compared to every other aspect of the sound....ultimately unlistenable as well

[pomme de terre]

Hey guys, I ended up stretching my budget (by a loooooooooooot) and got a pair of HF-2's, which most seem to enjoy. However, my initial impressions are that I don't like them as much as I thought I would. There seems to be way too much midbass, and not nearly enough highs for a John Grado headphone. Now I had already sort of read about them having a lot of midbass, but I didn't think there would be THIS much. They aren't that detailed either...

Should I maybe find someone with a pair of RS1's to trade with?

Anyways, let me whore a pic.

[Dusty Chalk]

You tried both flats and bowels?

[Voltron]

You tried both flats and bowels?

Bowels are a must. Bowls of bowels!

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[Dusty Chalk]

[pomme de terre]

Using them with the stock bowls since I've heard that flats make the bass even more pronounced and muddy

[grawk]

Have you tried them with an appropriate amplifier?

But no, I'd say if you don't like the HF2s, I find it unlikely you'll like the RS1s.

[K3cT]

I say resolving minute details is not the strong forte of HF2 but somehow, it sounds just... right, I dunno. It's one of the few cans that are able to make you forget about technicalities and instead, you just sit back and enjoy the music.

[Dusty Chalk]

I don't remember them being midbass-heavy. Just sayin'. You may want to try them out of a couple different amp/sources if at all possible.

Boy that etching is really clear, you can really read the typo well.

[Aimless1]

Have you tried them with an appropriate amplifier?

But no, I'd say if you don't like the HF2s, I find it unlikely you'll like the RS1s.

Have to agree with this. I can't imagine you would like the RS-1 if you don't like the HF-2. These are simply fun cans to listen to and if you are looking for detail you may want to look elsewhere. I haven't noticed a mid bass emphasis.